COVID-19: The Plasma Project

U.S. based physicians and scientists from 57 institutions and 46 states have banded together. On their own.

Here’s the leadership — it’s impressive:

COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project (CCPP19) Leadership Group

• Arturo Casadevall MD, PhD (Chair), Johns Hopkins University
• Benjamin Chen MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Brenda J. Grossman, MD, MPH, Washington University School of Medicine
• Michael J Joyner, MD, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
• Jeffrey P Henderson MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine
• Nigel Paneth MD, MPH, Michigan State University
• Liise-anne Pirofski, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Shmuel Shoham MD, Johns Hopkins University

If you have interest in what’s going on with convalescent plasma COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project blog is a great place to start (Link Below).

The Antibody Detection review from Tufts University School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer & Lab Director, Boston Heart Diagnostics. The review covers the rise and fall of IgG/IgM and IgA, and the systems used to quantify antibody levels.